It has been an eventful week in Libyan politics; within days the country has gone from having two rival governments to three, with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) moving into Tripoli. Soon thereafter, it was back to two as the Tripoli-based National Salvation Government (NSG) declared that it …
The Islamic State (IS) group has doubled its fighting force in Libya to about 6,000 in as little as a year, the head of US forces in Africa said on Thursday. Despite the increase, IS is not likely to seize swathes of territory inside Libya as it has done in …
TRIPOLI – In seeking to establish its authority in the chaos of Libya, the UN-backed new unity government has two major trump cards — control of state funds and fears of rising jihadist influence.
The retired General Khalifa Haftar confirmed the army is spared from political matters, “no military military council will be formed”, stressing his “support for any unity government endorsed by the House of Representatives (HoR)”.
The members of the Libyan Constitution-Drafting Assembly (CDA) concluded today, Wednesday 06 April 2016, a three-week Consultative Retreat aimed at building consensuses on Libya’s draft constitution. The Consultative Meeting was hosted by the Sultanate of Oman in Salalah and facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
Libya has struggled by for just over 24 hours with only two governments but today it is back to having three, as well as a brand new State Council which has elected Abdulrahman Sewehli as its first president.
